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Britain
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Technological Advances

Steam Powered Machines (Steam Engines, Rolling Mills)
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  • Was invented between 1845-1852
  • Burns Coal, Heats Water, Water evaporates, steam/air pressure powers pistons, and pistons power the machine
Benefits
  • Greatly improved the speed of transportation
  • Increase productivity
Negative Consequences
  • Pollution
  • Cause unemployment because there is no need to employ so many labor
Mining Implements
  • Means that people want more iron and coal since Britain had many iron and coal at that time
Benefits
  • Increase the country’s energy sources
Negative Consequences
  • Textile Manufacturing (Trade of Cotton, Textiles),Dry cleaning invented in 1855

Coal
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  • Britain produced 66% of all coal
Benefits
  • Made the industry more remunerative and profitable
Negative Consequences
  • Pollution

Cars
  • Was invented in the 1885-1886
  • Invented by Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler
Benefits
  • Helped the British industries because of the demands, cars opened up a whole new industry
Negative Consequences
  • Cars caused Britain to have a higher death rate since it was hard to drive on unpaved/dirty roads, the driver sometime veered off the road

Steam-powered Print
- Implant steam engines to make it more efficient
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Benefits
  • Increase the literacy rate (books, etc)
  • Promotes knowledge
Steam Farm Tractors

The invention of steam engines allowed for the production of more productive/efficient harvesting/sowing in agriculture
Just a farm tractor enhanced with a steam engine.

Benefits
  • Farmers (less work)
  • Britain gets more food
Negative Consequences
  • Horses (got replaced)

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Social and Political Events
Industrial Revolution (1770 - 1850)
    • England’s economy changed from agricultural and industrial
    • Started the development of factories
    • Invention of many inventions
      • Steam Engine (New Engine)
        • used to pump water out of coal mines
Who benefits:
  • Everyone
Negative Consequences:
  • None

Irish Potato Famine (1845-1847)

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  • Potatoes died due to a botanical disease, starvation due to loss of staple food.

Who benefits:
  • Immigrants who immigrated to the United States
Negative Consequences:
  • Death of thousands

Sepoy Rebellion (1857-1858)
    • Attempted control of India
    • Ended the Mughal Empire
    • British Crown controls India
    • East India Company disbanded/destroyed

Who benefits:
    • British Crown
    • Controlling India
Negative Consequences:
    • East India Company loses it’s status

Crimean War (1853-1856)
    • Stopped Russian Expansion into the Ottoman Empire
    • Spoils of War
Who benefits:
  • France, Britain, Austria etc. Spoils of War
Negative Consequences:
  • Russia and Ottoman Empire’s expansion halted

Legal trade union (1871)
    • Trade union act established (UK
Who benefits:
    • Workers
    • Common-folk
Negative Consequences:
    • Government has to deal with the trade unions

Married Woman’s Property Act (1882)
    • Women have the right to buy and own property
Who benefits:
    • Women
Negative Consequences:
    • None

Boer War (1899-1902)
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    • Attempted control over South Africa
Who benefits:
    • Britain
Negative Consequences:
    • South Africa

Introduction of state pension (1908)
Who benefits:
    • Citizens who retired
    • No raise of state pension yet (beneficial to the government)

Negative Consequences:
  • No raise of state pension yet (negative consequences for citizens)


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Possible resources to use for research:

Question 1:
Victorian Technology
British inventions
Advancements in weaponry
The Great War timeline

Question 2:
Victorian history - many pages and links
Leisure time
Social changes
The British Empire